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All Current Openings

• Lab42 Sales Executive
• doggyloot Director of Marketing
• CakeStylist
• Incubation Developer

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Sandbox Industries
213 North Racine
Chicago, IL 60607

@SandboxInd

Lab42 Sales Executive

Overview

Lab42 is an innovative market research company that conducts surveys using social networks to (1) deliver quality insights rapidly (2) for a fraction of the price charged by traditional research solutions. We work hard and we work fast to make our clients happy, completing surveys within three to five business days. Some of our notable clients include Ogilvy, Redbox, Dave & Goliath, CarX, Time etc. We are looking to build our team of Sales Executives, who will continue to accelerate our client base.

Lab42 was founded within and is currently officed at the incubator at Sandbox Industries, located in the West Loop of Chicago. With our recent funding and continued market validation, this is an exciting time for Lab42 with many key initiatives underway. By taking advantage of this opportunity, you will be an integral part of team Lab42's success collaborating with talented professionals to take our company to the next level.

Experience and Skills:

• At least two years of sales experience; proven track record of maintaining and generating new sales relationships and generating repeat business
• Experience with business-to-business sales
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and a CRM system like Salesforce or Zoho
• Effective presentation creation and delivery, and confidence in speaking and leading meetings
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented environment

Responsibilities

• Prospect, call, pursue, and foster consultative relationships with potential clients, specifically clients in Marketing and Advertising agencies as well as Consumer brands
• Build a healthy pipeline and grow client base to achieve and exceed monthly sales target
• Lead the cross-functional collaboration of internal teams based on client needs
• Identify and purse alternative industries for Lab42 business development
• Present yourself as an industry expert by developing industry intelligence by researching trends and best practices

About You

• You are self-motivated, self-sufficient, and assertive
• Rejection has never fazed you
• You enjoy working with people and people enjoy working with you
• You want to be a part of a startup that is going places

Bonus Points

• Experience selling to ad agencies and innovation consultancies
• Knowledge and familiarity of the market research industry
• Experience selling market research solutions

Compensation

Based on experience; components: base salary, commission, and benefits.

How to Apply

Please send your resume to us at jobs@lab42.com explaining your interest in Lab42 and the Sales Executive position.

doggyloot Director of Marketing

Overview

Driven, results-oriented, and creative marketing professional needed to join doggyloot, the #1 site for curated dog-related deals. As a core member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented group of business people and specialists to develop and grow our promising young company. doggyloot is an exciting startup that was founded within, and is currently officed at the incubator at Sandbox Industries. Since our launch in February 2011, we have grown to become the clear "top dog" in the dog discounts space. We have received two significant rounds of seed funding from the Sandbox Ventures Fund and will be investing significantly and aggressively in growing our user base in the future. This is a great opportunity to get involved early and make your mark with a promising, funded startup with rapidly growing revenue on the board. Exciting growth opportunities with combined individual and team success.

Responsibilities

• Maximize the reach of all doggyloot advertising and marketing spend
• Manage and implement creative marketing campaigns across all channels, including display, PPC, SEO, guerilla marketing and beyond
• Handle the entire marketing process from identification, negotiation, implementation and analysis
• Help us identify the most cost-effective sources of doggyloot customers by creatively analyzing cost, acquisition and purchase data

About You

• You are numbers driven – you are frequently the one in the meeting that references the data
• You’ve had great success working with large ad networks
• You probably are well-versed at PPC and SEO
• You can use Excel to your advantage to analyze advertising data – pivot tables don’t scare you
• You are creative – you hate the line, “that’s the way it’s always been done”
• You are a team player – you know when to lead and when to follow
• You are adaptive – you enjoy the opportunity that comes with an ever-changing environment and role
• You definitely love dogs… bonus points if you have one!

Compensation

Based on experience. Salary, equity participation and benefits.

How to Apply

Our email is jobs@doggyloot.com. Send us your resume. Also, in a short email to us:

• Explain why you’re specifically interested in this position and doggyloot
• Tell us three creative ways that you would acquire more doggyloot customers

CakeStylist

Overview

CakeStyle needs a scrappy, driven and fashion-forward CakeStylist to join our team. As an early team member at our quickly growing startup, you’ll be responsible for interacting with clients and styling them in great outfits from top designers. CakeStyle helps busy women look great wherever they go by sending hand-picked boxes of clothing straight to their door. We launched a private beta in August and launched publicly on November 1, and we are now looking to grow our team to match the incredible interest coming out of our launch. CakeStyle is backed and incubated by Sandbox industries in Chicago.

Responsibilities

• Help source new clients and encourage leads to receive boxes
• Streamline client intake and fulfillment processes
• Work with clients to develop their personal style and ensure a fabulous experience
• Style clients based on their fit and wardrobe needs, using CakeStyle’s inventory
• Film and edit videos of you explaining client’s outfits as a core part of the personalized CakeStyle experience
• Assist buying team with new inventory choices using client feedback

About You

• You have 3+ years retail experience, with a focus on high-touch client relationships
• You love helping people choose great outfits that make them feel amazing
• You are very detail-oriented and stay focused on a task until it is done perfectly
• You are creative, flexible and adaptive
• You are a team player – you know how to have fun but also when to buckle down
• Retail experience preferably with female clientele at high-end boutique or department store
• Stylist experience preferred but not required

How to Apply

Our email is jobs@cakestyleme.com - send us your resume. Also, in a short email to us, explain why you’re specifically interested in this position at CakeStyle and tell us one thing that sets you apart from other applicants. *** No recruiters please. ***

Incubation Developer

Overview

Creative, independent and curious developer needed to join the startup incubation team at Sandbox Industries. As a core member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented group of business people and specialists to develop ideas, create prototypes and launch web-based startups.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects created by incubation team as a “generalist” developer, where you will usually work in stints of several weeks to several months on a primary project. When startups you’ve worked with receive funding, you may have the option to join that team full-time, often as a lead developer or CTO.

This is a great opportunity for a young developer to receive exposure to a variety of startups at all stages, learn new technologies and skills, and work with our truly special incubation team.

Responsibilities

• Work on a variety of incubated startups at every stage, from very early prototype to revenue-generating company with a million uniques a month
• Collaborate with team members about technical and business strategy
• Coordinate with designers and other specialists on our team to create beautiful, functional web experiences

About You

• You code using either Ruby, Python or PHP (or even better, all three) and know how to use a framework like Rails, Sinatra, Django, or Cake
• You’d be excited to learn and use any of these or any other reasonable coding language on the job
• When you encounter a new problem, you can figure out a way to make it work
• You can clearly explain technical concepts and make decisions with non-technical team members
• You can slice a design file and create clean HTML and CSS
• You’re comfortable with Javascript
• You can complete basic server administration tasks
• Ideally, you’ve created a public GitHub project, posted answers on Stack Overflow, modified open-source code, or created some hacks that you're proud of

Compensation

Based on experience. Salary plus equity participation.

How to Apply

Our email is developer-jobs@sandboxindustries.com. Send us your resume and links to work you’ve created. Also, in a short email to us:

• Explain why you’re specifically interested in this position and Sandbox
• Make one technical suggestion for any of our portfolio companies (could be an improvement to our existing website, or a general idea of something that could help bring one of our businesses to the next level)